Cooler.



C. L. HENDRIX.

COOLER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 21, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

.... Illl Y `lll Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT CFFQE.

CHERRY L. HENDRIX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. J. BALDWIN, L. C.HOYL, J'. D. HENDRIX, AND G. C. CROWELL, ALL OF DAWSON, GEORGIA.

To all whom tt may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHERRY L. HENDRIX, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Cooler, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the obj ect of this invention to provide a novel means forassembling the pipes of a cooler with the heads thereof, to define asinuous channel through the cooler.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of the cooler,parts being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cooler,parts being broken away.

As shown, the cooler consists of an upper head 15 and a lower head 16,preferably circular in outline, and open in the center. These heads 15and 16, are chainbered at 17, the chambers 17 being located in the arcof a circle. The upper head 15 is provided with nipples 18, located inclose relation to each other, and adapted to receive the inlet pipe 19and the outlet pipe 20.

The tops of t-he pipes 27 are connected at their ends by integrallyformed flanges 21. The pipes 27 are likewise connected, intermediate theflanges 21, by other integrally formed flanges 22. The heads 15 and 16are provided peripherally, with flanges 25, and likewise provided withflanges 26 prolonged toward the axis of the cooler. The flanges 22 and25 may be connected by screws 23, located about the periphery of thecooler, the flanges 22 and the flanges 26 being connected by otherscrews 24, located adjacent the axis of the cooler. A resilient gasket10 is interposed between the flanges 25 and 26 of the heads, and theflanges 21 whereby the extremities of the pipes 27 are connected.Cbviously, by tightening the screws 23 and 211, the ends of the pipes 27will be held securely in place within the chambers 17, the gaskets 10being compacted, so that no leakage can result.

By reason of the fact that the screws 23 Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed `Tune 21, 1910.

COOLER.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

semi No. 568,171.

and 24 unite the flanges 25 and 26 with the auxiliary flanges 22 of thepipes 27, a considerable pressure nia-y be brought to bear, withoutdanger of cracking or injuring the flanges 21 which engage the gaskets10; it being obvious, that should one of the flanges 2) be cracked, bythe tightening of the c011- necting elements 23 and 24, the flanges 21will reinain intact, the bearing of the said flanges against theresilient gasket 10 being in no wise impaired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 2*- rr coolerconsisting of a series of pipes disposed in annular relation, therebeing end flanges formed integrally with the pipes and connecting thepipes at their ends, the end flanges protruding inwardly beyond thepipes toward the axis of' the cooler and extending outwardly beyond thepipes at the periphery of the cooler; heads superposed upon the flangesand provided with chan1- bers connecting adjacent pipes to define asinuous passage through the cooler, the heads being extended toward theaxis of the cooler to overlap the inwardly protruding portions of theflanges, the heads being extended o-utwardly at the periphery of thecooler beyond the outwardly extending portions of the flanges; therebeing intermediate flanges connecting the pipes, the intermediateflanges being located between the end flanges and being outwardlyextended beyond the end flanges; retaining elements uniting the headsand the inwardly protruding portions of t-he end flanges; and retainingelements located beyond the end flanges and uniting the heads with theintermediate flanges.

Intestiinony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHERRY L. HENDRIX.

lVitnesses J. D. HENDRIX, F. B. 'OoHsnNRErrna Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents, Washington, D. C.

